At some point this whole exercise gets rather silly. No matter how open and secure the phone is, there's the software that runs on the towers and in the telco s

At some point this whole exercise gets rather silly. No matter how open and secure the phone is, there's the software that runs on the towers and in the telco system that tracks personably identifiable data and metadata. The solution is simple, though: if you really want to make sure your mobile device isn't spying on you just don't use one. A bit inconvenient, but it's not the end of the world. Unless you're a mobile developer. ;)